It's still not clear how these payments are structured.
If Nokia gets paid for sales of all manufacturers' handsets (perhaps as royalties for the Nokia mapping software), that explains why Elop says that Nokia has a stake in the success of the platform as a whole.
But it's hard to imagine HTC or Samsung being thrilled for Nokia to get money for sales of their handsets...
From a strategic standpoint I think HTC and Samsung will be in favor of this deal. Nokia still has dominance in a lot of places around the world. This deal locks Nokia into WP7 and with that being true other manufacturers can enter Nokia dominant markets as the only Android alternatives.
Given these are companies that have bet their business on Android I suspect they think it's superior and welcome a chance to neutralize Nokia.
So while this deal with Microsoft may give Nokia a little of the other carriers money I'd think it will be well worth it .
If Nokia gets paid for sales of all manufacturers' handsets (perhaps as royalties for the Nokia mapping software), that explains why Elop says that Nokia has a stake in the success of the platform as a whole.
But it's hard to imagine HTC or Samsung being thrilled for Nokia to get money for sales of their handsets...